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title: "Question 46: What is required in the first commandment? | Westminster Shorter Catechism"
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# Question 46: What is required in the first commandment? | Westminster Shorter Catechism

The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God, and to worship and glorify him accordingly.

Scripture proofs: 1 Chron. 28:9; Deut. 26:17; Matt. 4:10; Ps. 29:2.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=164)

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- [What does “Reformed” mean?](https://ctkrp.org/learn/what-is-reformed/)
- [Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 19: Of the Law of God](https://ctkrp.org/confession/chapter-19-law-of-god/)
- [Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 39: What is the duty which God requireth of man?](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-39-what-is-the-duty-which-god-requireth-of-man/)
- [Westminster Larger Catechism · Question 91: What is the duty which God requireth of man?](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-91-what-is-the-duty-which-god-requireth-of-man/)
- [Question 45](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-45-which-is-the-first-commandment/)
- [Question 47](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-47-what-is-forbidden-in-the-first-commandment/)

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